A 15-year-old girl has been charged with assault in connection with the beating of a classmate.

Taylor Stratton, 14, said she was attacked by her classmate Saturday night while sitting on a swing at a playground.

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She came up to me and was like, 'Get up.' I said, 'No.' Then she backhanded me in the face. I figured it would break something because it hurt so bad," Stratton said.

The beating left Stratton with bruises on her eyes. She said she thinks she had a seizure during the attack.

Stratton said the girl who attacked her had previously cut off a foot of her hair earlier that day. Stratton said both incidents were videotaped and posted on Facebook. The videos has since been taken down.

The girl facing charges, who WLWT is not identifying because she is a minor, is a classmate of Stratton's. She spoke with WLWT Thursday night and said she never meant to be a bully.

"I feel really bad about that and I do regret it, and I wish I wouldn't have done it," the girl, who requested to remain unidentified, said. "There were some things she knew about me and she went and told people, and I was very mad about it."

The father of the girl accused in the incident, Mike Putthoff, apologized to the victim and her family.

"First of all, I'd like to apologize to Taylor's family and to Taylor for my daughter's actions," Putthoff said. "I feel horrible it happened and appalled that it was my child who did it."

Puthoff and his daughter said they hope to turn the violent incident into something positive, and they hope to do it with Stratton.

"I wish the best for her, and I hope she heals well. I'm praying for her," the teen said.